Wig shaker

ABSTRACT

An apparatus for shaking water off of a wet wig. The apparatus is composed of a head form mounted on a coil spring which is attached to a flexible rod. A motor vibrates the flexible collar to cause a wig fitted over the head form to shake and to dislodge water or droplets from the hair of the wig.

United States Patent [1 1 Ross [4 1 Jan. 21, 1975 1 WIG SHAKER [75]Inventor: Viola E. Ross, Laurelton, N.Y.

[73] Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization,

Inc., New York, N.Y. a part interest 22] Filed: Jan. 15, 1974 21 Appl.No.: 433,542

[52] US. Cl 34/103, 34/14, 34/164,

223/66, 259/1 R [51] Int. Cl. F26b 25/00 [58] Field of Search 34/60, 69,70, 90, 91,

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS McDevitt 34/164 10/1964George 259/1 R 5/1967 Watlington 34/103 Primary Examiner-John J. CambyAssistant Examiner1ames C. Yeung Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Howard 1.Podell [57] ABSTRACT An apparatus for shaking water off of a wet wig.The apparatus is composed of a head form mounted on a coil spring whichis attached to a flexible rod. A motor vibrates the flexible collar tocause a wig fitted over the head form to shake and to dislodge water ordroplets from the hair of the wig.

4 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures W16 SHAKER SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Myinvention relates to an apparatus for shaking water off a wig mounted onthe apparatus. The apparatus is composed of a head form mounted on acoil spring which is attached to a flexible rod. A motor vibrates theflexible rod to cause the head form and mounted wig to shake. The wig onthe head form may be contained within a flexible plastic cover fitted atits lower section with a plurality of water drainage holes.

An advantage of my invention is that the apparatus removes excess waterfrom a wet wig.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING The objects and features of theinvention may be understood with reference to the following detaileddescription of an illustrative embodiment of the invention, takentogether with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a front sectional view of the invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates a bottom plan view of the drive mechanism of theinvention; and

FIG. 3 illustrates a rear sectional view of an alternate embodiment ofthe invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Turning now descriptively to thedrawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar elementsthroughout the several views, FIGS. 1-2 show a wig shaker apparatusdesigned to shake water out of a wet wig 13 mounted over a head form 12of the device. The head form 12 is fitted to a metal base 14 which ismounted to one end of a coil spring 15.

The other end of coil spring 15 is anchored to a flexible shaft 16fitted to a crank 24. Crank 24 is mounted to a crank axle rod 35 aboutwhich a rotatable crank wheel 36 is mounted so as to ride in acircumferential recess 22 of an elliptical wheel 37 linked to the shaft23 of motor 19. Motor 19 is powered by a portable line cord 20. Rotationof motor 19 and shaft 23 act to reciprocate crank 24 about a constantangle and vigorously shake wig mount 12 and attached wig 13. Theoperating mechanism is housed in a base housing 18 to which a flexibletransparent plastic covering 11 may be detachably fitted to enclose thewig l3 and collect the ejected water from a wet wig. Perforations 27 arelocated in the lower section of covering 11 to drain the collectedwater.

Altemately, as shown in FIG. 3, the wig mount 25 may be fitted to asolid support member 28 that is pivotably mounted on a fixed pin 29,with the free end 31 of the support member linked to a source 32 ofvibration or reciprocal motion.

Since obvious changes may be made in the specific embodiment of theinvention described herein. such modifications being within the spiritand scope of the invention claimed, it is indicated that all mattercontained herein is intended as illustrative and not as limiting inscope.

Having'thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. Apparatus for shaking water out of a wet wig which is placed on theapparatus comprising:

a base on which is mounted a head form of a size to hold a wig, a motorlinked to the head form so as to produce reciprocal vibratory motion ofthe head form in a plane generally perpendicular to the vertical axis ofthe head form and a covering unit which fastens to the base of theapparatus and is shaped to enclose the head form and an attached wig. v

2. The combination as recited in claim 1 in which the motor is linked tothe head form to produce reciprocal rotational vibratory motion aboutthe vertical axis of the head form.

3. The combination as recited in claim 2 in which said head form ismounted at its base to the top end of a coil spring, with the verticalaxis of the head form generally aligned to the axis of the coil spring,

said motor linked to the bottom end of the coil spring so as to producethe reciprocal vibratory motion in a direction generally perpendicularto the axis of the coil spring and the vertical axis of the head form.

4. The combination as recited in claim 1 in which the covering unit isfitted with drain holes in the lower section of the covering unit.

1. Apparatus for shaking water out of a wet wig which is placed on theapparatus comprising: A BASE ON WHICH IS MOUNTED A HEAD FORM OF A SIZETO HOLD A WIG, A MOTOR LINKED TO THE HEAD FORM SO AS TO PRODUCERECIPROCAL VIBRATORY MOTION OF THE HEAD FORM IN A PLANE GENERALLYPERPENDICULAR TO THE VERTICAL AXIS OF THE HEAD FORM AND A COVERING UNITWHICH FASTENS TO THE BASE OF THE APPARATUS AND IS SHAPED TO ENCLOSE THEHEAD FORM AND AN ATTACHED WIG.
 2. The combination as recited in claim 1in which the motor is linked to the head form to produce reciprocalrotational vibratory motion about the vertical axis of the head form. 3.The combination as recited in claim 2 in which said head form is mountedat its base to the top end of a coil spring, with the vertical axis ofthe head form generally aligned to the axis of the coil spring, saidmotor linked to the bottom end of the coil spring so as to produce thereciprocal vibratory motion in a direction generally perpendicular tothe axis of the coil spring and the vertical axis of the head form. 4.The combination as recited in claim 1 in which the covering unit isfitted with drain holes in the lower section of the covering unit.